| sophistry(noun, cover, line, lie, lying) |
| subterfuge |
| uncertainty(noun, doubt, vagueness, haziness) |
| abandonment(noun, failure, retreat, rejection, withdrawal) |
| alienation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) |
| amphibology(noun, cover, line, lie, lying) |
| backsliding(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment) |
| deceit(noun, equivocation) |
| denial |
| duplicity(noun, cover, line, lie, lying) |
| hedging(noun, cover, line, lie, lying) |
| rebellion(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) |
| rejection(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment) |
| repudiation(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment) |
| resignation(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance) |
| reversal |
| separation(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) |
| shuffling(noun, cover, line, lie, lying) |
| waffle(noun, cover, clear, line, informal) |
| weasel word(noun, clear, equivocation) |